Willmott Dixon on call for Humberside police station

Willmott Dixon has been chosen by Humberside Police Force and developer Wykeland Group to take forward a major police facility.

Plans for the £20M three-storey operational support building at Wykeland’s flagship Melton West business park, west of Hull, have been submitted to East Riding of Yorkshire Council and if approved, construction by Willmott Dixon is expected to start in the third quarter of 2020.

The Humberside Police Force development, called Melton 2, will provide 10,000m² of accommodation for around 535 staff from the force’s Operational Support Services and is sited next to an existing facility built in 2014, Melton 1, which is home to specialist teams and support staff.

Procured via Major Works England and Northern Ireland, a part of the Scape National Construction framework, Willmott Dixon is working with Bond Bryan architects to take the plans through planning and into construction.

Humberside Police and Crime Commissioner Keith Hunter said:”The new development at Melton will, if approved, allow Humberside Police to bring together a number of specialist crime investigation functions, some of which deal with the most serious crimes and vulnerable victims, and provide a new, state-of-the-art force control room which will continue the great progress made in public contact over the last few years.”

Anthony Dillon, Managing Director at Willmott Dixon said: “We are delighted to be creating an important new hub for Humberside Police. It’s going to provide a smart, efficient environment for the force to deliver policing across the region for many generations to come.”